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施特劳斯认为伯林的多元主义是一种相对主义，因此，他的自由主义是自由主义危机的标志。刘小枫顺着施特劳斯的思想脉络，同样把伯林的多元主义等同于一种相对主义。但是，伯林却明确宣称自己不是一个相对主义者。本文的核心观点是，伯林的多元主义不是相对主义。为了论证这个观点，本文将采取两条路径来加以展开。第一条路径是伯林文本中明言的论证，伯林认为相对主义的核心特征是主观性与不可理解性，而他的多元主义的核心特征却是客观性与可理解性。第二条路径是伯林文本中隐含的论证，施特劳斯所理解的相对主义的核心特征不是伯林所谓的主观性与不可理解性，而是主观性、特殊性与不可评价性，而伯林的多元主义的核心特征却包含了普遍性与可评价性。
시특로사인위백림적다원주의시일충상대주의，인차，타적자유주의시자유주의위궤적표지。류소풍순착시특로사적사상맥락，동양파백림적다원주의등동우일충상대주의。단시，백림각명학선칭자기불시일개상대주의자。본문적핵심관점시，백림적다원주의불시상대주의。위료론증저개관점，본문장채취량조로경래가이전개。제일조로경시백림문본중명언적론증，백림인위상대주의적핵심특정시주관성여불가리해성，이타적다원주의적핵심특정각시객관성여가리해성。제이조로경시백림문본중은함적론증，시특로사소리해적상대주의적핵심특정불시백림소위적주관성여불가리해성，이시주관성、특수성여불가평개성，이백림적다원주의적핵심특정각포함료보편성여가평개성。
In his ＂Relativism,＂ Leo Strauss criticized Isaiah Berlin＇s pluralism as a specific kind of relativism. However, Berlin himself explicitly claimed that he is not a relativist. With a careful investigation into Berlin＇s texts, this article argues that Berlin is not a relativist, and his pluralism is not a specific kind of relativism. It takes two approaches to develop this argument. The first approach is Berlin＇s own explicit defense against relativism. The Characteristics of relativism, according to Berlin, are subjectivity and unintelligibility. Berlin, however, indicated that some values are objective, and one could understand different values from different cultures. In other words, pluralism is characterized by objectivity and intelligibility. Since the key features of relativism, according to Strauss, are subjectivity, particularity, and impossibility of value judgments, it seems that the first approach is insufficient to argue against the latter two. Implicitly stated in Berlin＇s dispersed texts, the second approach that there are some universal values, and that value judgments are possible, could be much more defensible. Thus Berlin＇s explicit and implicit statements are combined to suggest that his pluralism is not a specific kind of relativism.